Cigar-perforator



P. J. HENTSCHEL.

CIGAR PERFORATOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1920.

1,376,335, g Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIGAR-PERFORATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed August 5, 1920. Serial No. 401,352.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL J. HnNTsoHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Perforators; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to perforators for cigars.

Among the objects of my inventlon are To provide a perforator that is simple, cheap, compact, sanitary and that can be readily carried in the pocket.

' In carrying out my invention, I make use of the instrumentalities illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of my improved perforator open for use in perforating a cigar.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the perforator shown in Fig. 1, but closed.

Fig. 3 is a view of the perforator head.

Fig. i is a view of the perforator caslng.

Fig. 5 is a view of an alternative form of, perforator.

In the drawings 10 represents a casing made of any approved material and preferably closed at one end as at 11. The other end is open and near said end a plurality of indentations such as 12 are provided for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The perforator head is composed of a needle 13 which may have a conical point, a lance point, a drill point or any approved form of point. The needle 13 is secured in the bushing 14 in any approved manner and said bushing is provided with a knurled portion 15 for the application of the fingers thereto and with two straight portions 1616 each of which is provided with a semicircular groove such as 17 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

In the perforator shown in Fig. 5 the parts numbered 12 to 17, inclusive, are the same as the parts just described but the easing 18 is open at the lower end as at 19, thus making a somewhat cheaper form of perforator; however, the perforator shown in Figs. 1 to 4 is a preferred form because it is more sanitary by reason of the exclusion of dirt from the needle 13.

In using my improved perforator the head composed of the needle 13 and the bushing 14: is to be inserted in the casing 10. During this operation the inside surfaces of the indentations 12 spring into the adjacent groove 17 and thus secure the head in the easing 10. The cigar can then be held in one hand and the needle 13 introduced within the smokers end of the cigar in any direction, either by direct pushing or by a twirling action, thus providing a passage or passages in the end of the cigar for the egress of smoke and avoiding the necessity for cutting or biting oil the end of the cigar, either of which actions frequently results in a loose wrapper. After the cigar is perforated the head is to be removed from the casing 10 and then again inserted with the needle 13 inside of said casing, as shown in Fig. 2, and the inside surfaces of the indentations 12 spring into the adjacent groove 17, as before explained, to hold the head in place.

I claim In a cigar perforator, the combination with a caslng having a closed and an open end, of indentations near said open end, a head having cylindrical portions adapted to fit within said open end, a groove in each cylindrical portion for the reception of said indentations, a needle mounted in said head and a knurled portion on said head between said grooves.

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature.

PAUL J. I-IENTSCHEL. 

